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"In 1973, when I directed my first film Manzilein Aur Bhi Hain,
the censor board refused to grant it a certificate.
The plot of my film explored the relationship of a prostitute and two convicts
and the erotic journey of this threesome.
The film was accused of subverting the institution of marriage
and, therefore, was considered unfit for public consumption.
Mahesh Bhatt, December 2, 2004

MANZILEIN AUR BHI HAIN
 
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GENERAL DATA    
other titles   Manzilen Aur Bhi Hein
Manzile Aur Bhi Hai
Miles to Go
catch phrases   • -
release category   big-screen-movie
genre   thriller/social drama
length   106 minutes 8 seconds
112 minutes (other sources)
     
theatrical release
certificate
  India: 1974

VIDEO
India: 1974, United Stars Video
Britain: April 3, 1989, uncut, certificate 15, United Stars Video
     
release dates   • India - 1974
     
PRODUCTION    
country of production   India
production   -
executive producer   R. H. Jain, Johny Bakshi
screenplay   Rakesh Sharma, based on a story by Mahesh Bhatt
dialogue: Satyadev Dubey
music   MUSIC: Bhupendra Soni
LYRICS: Yogesh Gaud
SINGERS: Bhupender Singh, Asha Bhosle

TITLES:
'Har ek saans hai mehmaan kuch pahar ke liye' Bhupender Singh
'Aaj naye geet saje meri paayal mein'
Asha Bhosle
'Ay dil tu jhoom ke chal, mile na mile chahe tujhe teri wo ma'
Bhupender Singh
'Manzile aur bhi hai, manzile'
Bhupender Singh

released: Columbia Odeon
     
set-design   -
choreography   -
action scenes   -
cinematography   Pravin Bhatt
distribution   United Stars Video
filming location   Rajasthan and other locations in India
     
DIRECTOR   Mahesh Bhatt
     
CAST   Gulshan Arora
Mukesh Bhatt
Prema Narayan
(Prostitute)

SUPPORTING CAST
Uma Dutt
Sudhir
Poornima
Shah Agha
Ranvir Raj
Soni
Viju Khote
Kirti Kumar
     
SUMMARY   A murderer sentenced to hang escapes from jail along with another bandit. Together, they kidnap a prostitute. After a jewellery heist all three are on the run from the law, and flee into the no man's land of the Indian desert. The woman is almost dying of thirst and begins to hallucinate, but they find water just in time. As erotic tension develops between the outlaws, the woman and one of the bandits, played by Kabir, begin a relationship. The woman gets pregnant, but Kabir's character, the father-to-be, is killed.
Seeing an apportunity to redeem himself and the pregnant prostitute, the surviving bandit marries her, hoping to regain the respect of society.
     
KABIR BEDI DETAILS    
Kabir's part   Kabir plays one of the three leads, a jewellery thief on the run. He dies in this film.
     
Kabir's showstopper   Kabir was around 25 or 26 at the time the film was shot.
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Andrea's review   The film is loosely based on the Paul Newman and Robert Redford hit Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969), in which Katherine Ross plays the part of the woman companion.
     

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in short...
IN SHORT...
  Three people on the fringe of society make an erotic journey, living by their own morality - a controversial film with an unconventional happy end.
     
discussion   discuss this movie with others
     
KABIR BEDI PICTURES    
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tv broadcasts   want to see Kabir in it? check TV listings of Kabir's work - current/archives
not to be confused with   ...the soap series of India's Sahara TV, also entitled Manzilein Aur Bhi Hain.
     
LINKS    
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INFORMATION - QUICK BITS
• The film was shot in 1972/73, but was not released in Indian cinemas until 1974.
• After shooting was complete, the Indian film censors denied it a permit for months, arguing it was 'pornographic' and would undermine the institution of marriage.
INFORMATION - GENERAL INFORMATION
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INFORMATION - PEOPLE

• Manzilein Aur Bhi Hain is the very first film of director Mahesh Bhatt, who was only 22 at the time.
Mahesh Bhatt has been a friend of Kabir's since the early seventies.
• In the early eighties, Mahesh Bhatt had a relationship with movie star PARVEEN BABI, who died in January 2005 and was Kabir's girlfriend
in the previous decade.
Mahesh Bhatt also directed the thriller VISHWASGHAAT (1977), in which Kabir also plays a leading part.
Mahesh Bhatt is married to the movie star Soni Razdan, who plays Kabir's wife in TAKE 3 GIRLS.
Mahesh Bhatt began his career as an assistant to Raj Khosla (1925-1991; his work includes Kabir's KUCHHE DHAAGE 1973) and considers him one of his professional role models.
Mahesh Bhatt is regarded in India as a liberal director, and often runs into trouble getting his projects off the ground.
His film Zakhm (1998), a social drama which won several awards, is set at the time of the religious unrest in Mumbai (1992/93) and was initially denied a permit. The censors, under pressure from right-wing politicians, said it could fan further strife amongst India's various religious communities.
Mahesh Bhatt's biggest commercial success as a director is Duplicate (1998), a comedy which did well on the international circuit, with Juhi Chawla and Sonali Bendre, as well as Shah Rukh Khan (see pictures with Shah Rukh Khan in Kabir's MAIN HOON NA) playing the double part of a chef and a bandit.
• This film marked Bhupendra Soni’s debut as music director.
Sudhir appeared also in many other films starring Kabir, among them RAKHI AUR HATHKADI (1972), MERA SHIKAAR (1988), ISHQ ISHQ ISHQ (1974).

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